In fact, the median condo in the Back Bay or Beacon Hill on the market for under $500,000 is not much bigger - 536 square feet.

If you can afford more than half a million, but can't break a million, the picture improves a bit, but not much: the median condo in this price range in the Back Bay and Beacon Hill is just 770 square feet.

So why not simply go and buy a whole house in Roxbury or Hyde Park, where $250,000 will get you the real deal?

What do you say?

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